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Getting old is not for sissies. But as Brian Crane’s crotchety but endearing seniors Earl and Opal Pickles do it, it can be humorous and often touching. For over twenty-five years, Crane’s comic strip, Pickles, has been delighting readers around the world. This seventh collection continues the adventures of grandparents Earl and Opal; their precocious grandson, Nelson; quirky family members and friends; and the family’s dog and cat, who offer their own distinctive views of the goings-on. Crane’s view of the foibles of a long-married, often cantankerous couple and their extended family and friends is wry, honest, and always warm-hearted.
Price: $18.95
Pages: 135
Publisher: Baobab Press
Imprint: Baobab Press
Publication Date:
13 October 2015
Trim Size: 9.00 X 8.38 in
ISBN: 9781936097104
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HUMOR / Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Humorous, FICTION / Humorous / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Grandparenting, HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family, HUMOR / General
"The logic of Earl. That's my favorite part of Pickles. Or maybe it's the straight talk of Opal. OR the naivete of Nelson. Hard to choose. It's certainly not the fact that the older I get, the more I recognize myself in Pickles."
—Rick Kirkman, co-creator of Baby Blues
"Pickles is one of my all-time favorite comic strips, and Brian Crane is one of my all-time favorite cartoonists. Pickles is original, funny, fresh . . . nice without being corny, warm without being sappy. I don't know how he does it day after day. There is something for everyone here . . . I don't know anyone, of any age, who doesn't love Pickles. It's an honor to share the funny pages with such a great strip."
—Jan Eliot, creator of the comic strip Stone Soup
"Pickles creator, Brian Crane, entertains us with recognizable and sympathetic characters we all can relate to. We all have an 'Earl and Opal' in our extended families, and Brian brings out the humor of their relationship without resorting to the trite and obvious. And I love it when the dog gets the last word . . . life as it should be."
—Jean Schulz, founder of the Charles M. Schulz Museum
—Rick Kirkman, co-creator of Baby Blues
"Pickles is one of my all-time favorite comic strips, and Brian Crane is one of my all-time favorite cartoonists. Pickles is original, funny, fresh . . . nice without being corny, warm without being sappy. I don't know how he does it day after day. There is something for everyone here . . . I don't know anyone, of any age, who doesn't love Pickles. It's an honor to share the funny pages with such a great strip."
—Jan Eliot, creator of the comic strip Stone Soup
"Pickles creator, Brian Crane, entertains us with recognizable and sympathetic characters we all can relate to. We all have an 'Earl and Opal' in our extended families, and Brian brings out the humor of their relationship without resorting to the trite and obvious. And I love it when the dog gets the last word . . . life as it should be."
—Jean Schulz, founder of the Charles M. Schulz Museum
For twenty-five years, Brian Crane's comic strip, Pickles, has been delighting readers around the world. He lives in Sparks, Nevada, with his wife. They are the proud parents of seven children and thirteen grandchildren.